AD41-54 so of Drusus & antonia, caligulas uncle, ill, praetorian guard chose him as emperor, conquered Britain, married giantess, political marriage, poisoned his dish of mushrooms 2 kill him

Claudius

bad marriages

AD 54-68, seneca & Burrus (philosopeher, praetorian guide) were his advisors, 17 year old emperor, murdered mother & half-brother &1st wife(octavia), married poppaea, kicked her (as a pregnant woman)) to death, vain, disliked, built domus aurea during his reign in AD64 there was a revolt & a fire, commited suicide in AD 68

Nero

pyro

4 emperors, AD69

galba, otho, vitellius, vespasian

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1st of flavians, tried 2 restore senate, supported army, defeated revolt in Gaul, built a great arch in the forum, started construction on the colleseum, AD71-79

peace & prosperity, AD 117-138, built panthenon, palaces,baths, &temples in Tivoli, founded Avignon& Adrianople, gave doub;e bonus 2 army, added new quarters 2 athens, gave up eastern territory, stabilized boundaries, built ______'s wallin britain, fell in love w/ Antonius who later dided in the Nile, adopted Antonius Pius as successor, died after war

aka Varius Bassianus, son of julia soaemias, grandson of julia maesa, rumor said he was son of carcalla, got his name from syrian son-god, worshiped as a black stone, emperor @ age 14, advancing religion, transvestite, influenced by grandson 2 adopt cousin Alexander Servus as heir, julia Mamaea bribed Praetorians 2 murder him

AD285-305, introduced social, political & economic reforms 2 the empire, removed priveledges that were paid by the provinces &unsuccesfully tried 2 regulate inflation , increased taxation, increased army, devalued currency, divided empire into tetrachy w/ an east & west, made headquarters in Nicomedia. each division ruled by anemperor (an augustus) & an assistnt (a caesar) _________ was the Augustus in the east w/ galerius as his caesar, Maximian was the western augustus caesar=Constantius Chlorus, abdicated in in AD305

Diocletian

1st in the late late empire

overcame rivals after civil war, reunited w/ western empire, in AD314 he defeated emperor in the east & became sole ruler, Ad312-morning of his victoey over maxentius at the battle of milvian bridge, constantine was said 2 have seen a cross burnning in the sky w/ the words "in hoc signo vinces (in this =sign u will conquer), christianity became official religionof rome, moved empire 2 Bzantium(nova roma), he rebuilt it & name dit _ _ _ _ _ _ -ople in AD330, divided authority 4 his sons, became baptized christian on his deathbed, died AD337, followed a civil war between his sons

Constantine the GReat

AD337-361, 3rd son of constantine, became augustus in the East after his father's death, died while marching 2 confront challenge of Julian

constantinus II

AD361-363,son of half-brother of constantine, studied greek classics in asia, had a secret Pagan conversion, married emperors sister Helena, put in charge of Gaul & britain, ostensible religion tolerance, favoritism to paganism, died from being fatally wounded in battle

Julian the Apostate

religious tolerance

made christianity only legal religion, AD379-395, In AD 391 in Milan, he issued a law against paganism, divided empire between sons permanently into east & west